Beaver Township in Newaygo County, Michigan is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees. The board is elected for two year terms, with three trustees chosen during one election and two during the next. They are responsible for setting policies that guide land use, zoning, taxation, and other community decisions. The board has the authority to draft local ordinances and resolutions. These include regulations on public health and safety, business operations, animal control laws, and community development initiatives. The township also has its own police force and fire department. While local political candidates are not discussed in this content piece, it is important to note that Beaver Township is part of the larger Newaygo County political system and has representatives in local government as well as state government.
The political climate in Beaver township (Newaygo County), MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, MI is very conservative. In Newaygo County, MI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newaygo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Newaygo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver township (Newaygo County), MI is strongly conservative.
Newaygo County, Michigan is very conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Beaver township (Newaygo County), Michigan: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Beaver township (Newaygo County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $4,081 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $9,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)